Mitchell Lawrie
Scottish darts player (born 2010)
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Mitchell Lawrie (born 4 November 2010) is a Scottish darts player who competes in World Darts Federation (WDF) and Junior Darts Corporation (JDC) events. He is ranked WDF world No. 1, and is both the reigning WDF world youth champion and ranked no. 1 in the organisation's youth rankings.[6] He is the youngest player to win three senior WDF titles and the youngest player to compete in a senior WDF World Championship. Lawrie finished as runner-up at the 2025 WDF World Championship, losing to Jimmy van Schie in the final.
| Mitchell Lawrie | |
|---|---|
| Personal information | |
| Nickname | "Wee Sox"[1] |
| Born | 4 November 2010[2] Renfrew, Scotland[3] |
| Darts information | |
| Darts | 23g Target[4] |
| Laterality | Right-handed |
| Walk-on music | "The Glen" by Beluga Lagoon (Levi Heron remix)[2] |
| Organisation (see split in darts) | |
| WDF | 2023–present |
| Current world ranking | (WDF) 1  (16 March 2026)[5] |
| WDF major events – best performances | |
| World Championship | Runner-up: 2025 |
Lawrie has found success in the WDF's youth system, most notably winning the 2025 WDF World Youth Championship. He also won the 2025 JDC World Darts Championship.
Career
Lawrie has had an interest in playing darts since he was a toddler and started playing more regularly during the COVID-19 lockdown; he cites Scottish world champion Gary Anderson as his inspiration.[1][7]
In December 2023, aged 13, Lawrie represented Scotland at the Junior Darts Corporation's JDC World Cup of Darts. He hit the winning double as Scotland beat Ireland 4–0 in the final.[8] In the semi-finals of the tournament, Scotland defeated an England team that contained future world champion Luke Littler.[1] In February 2024, Lawrie won three of the first four JDC Foundation Tour events of the year.[3]
In May 2025, he became the first Scottish player to win a JDC Advanced Tour event.[9] In July, Lawrie won the WDF Europe Youth Cup singles tournament and was part of Scotland's winning youth team.[10] Lawrie won his first two senior WDF titles in September, winning both the Welsh and British Open.[11][12][13][14] In October, he won the World Masters and World Open youth titles.[15] He then won his third senior WDF title, the Irish Classic, to become the youngest player to win three senior WDF titles. Aged 15 years and 4 days old, he beat the previous record that was held by Luke Littler.[16] At the end of November, Lawrie reached the 2025 JDC World Darts Championship final.[17]
At the 2025 WDF World Darts Championship, Lawrie became the youngest player to compete in a senior event in the tournament's history, winning his opening match 3–0 against Tomoya Maruyama.[18][19] He went on to reach the final by defeating Jenson Walker 5–2 in the semi-finals, with Walker being the first player to win sets against Lawrie during the tournament.[20] Lawrie took a 3–0 lead in the final before losing 6–3 to Jimmy van Schie. He won his first WDF World Youth Championship by defeating Florian Preis 4–2 in the youth final.[21][22] On 20 December 2025 at Alexandra Palace, Lawrie won the JDC World Championship by defeating Kaya Baysal 5–2.[23]
In February 2026, following title wins in the Scottish Classic, Slovak Classic and Slovak Masters, Lawrie became the new WDF world no. 1.[24] On the opening weekend of the 2026 JDC Advanced Tour, he hit a nine-dart finish and claimed three of four titles.[25]
Personal life
Lawrie is from Renfrew, Scotland, and is a pupil of Renfrew High School.[7][8] His performances at the 2025 WDF World Darts Championship received formal recognition from Renfrewshire Council.[26] Lawrie is a supporter of Scottish football club Rangers.[27]
Career finals
WDF major finals: 1
| Legend |
|---|
| World Championship (0–1) |
| Outcome | No. | Year | Championship | Opponent in the final | Score[N 1] |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Runner-up | 1. | 2025 | World Championship |  Jimmy van Schie |
3–6 (s) |
- (l) = score in legs, (s) = score in sets.
Performance timeline
Mitchell Lawrie's performance timeline is as follows:[28][29][30]
WDF
| Tournament | 2025 | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| WDF Ranked platinum/major events | ||||
| World Championship | F | |||
| WDF Year-end ranking | 3 | |||
| Tournament | 2024 | 2025 | 2026 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| WDF Ranked platinum/major youth events[a] | |||||
| World Championship | DNP | W | |||
| World Masters | 4R | W | |||
| Scottish Open | SF | 3R | W | ||
| World Open | 3R | W | |||
| Irish Classic | QF | W | |||
| Irish Open | W | W | |||
- Events listed were granted platinum status in 2025 or 2026.
Key
| Performance Table Legend | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | Won the tournament | F | Finalist | SF | Semifinalist | QF | Quarterfinalist | #R RR L# |
Lost in # round Round-robin Last # stage |
DQ | Disqualified |
| DNQ | Did not qualify | DNP | Did not participate | WD | Withdrew | NH | Tournament not held | NYF | Not yet founded | ||
Titles
WDF
Senior titles
Silver ranked
- 2025: British Open, Irish Classic, Welsh Open
- 2026: Scottish Classic, Slovak Classic
Bronze ranked
- 2026: Slovak Masters
Youth titles
Platinum/Major ranked
- 2025: Irish Classic, Irish Open, World Masters, World Open, World Championship
- 2026: Scottish Open
Gold ranked
- 2024: Irish Open
- 2025: Belgium Open, British Open
- 2026: Slovak Classic
Silver ranked
- 2025: Scottish Spring Singles, Welsh Open